On November 8, 2016 the United States almost elected Hillary Clinton
as its first female president. But, if Donald Trump and many of his
supporters were to be believed, Secretary Clinton was also one of the
most corrupt politicians of all time. This argument appears to have
swayed many American voters, who ended up electing Donald Trump (who
might actually be the most corrupt person recently elected to the presidency, see here, here, and here).
That Trump’s unprecedented accusations of corruption were leveled
against the first female presidential candidate nominated by a major
political party was not a coincidence.
Read more by Travis Edwards, in the Global Anticorruption Blog: https://globalanticorruptionblog.com/2016/12/12/corruptions-gendered-double-standard/
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